Tracy Morgan has previously expressed interested in playing late jazz legend Louis Armstrong in a biopic Tracy Morgan is keen on portraying Louis Armstrong in a biopic, according to the actor's Coming ...

Undeniably, Rogers’ Jazz Fest 2026 poster is utterly excellent in composition, color and style. It will be a handsome ...

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, renowned for its vibrant celebration of music and culture, has unveiled its 2026 poster design, which takes a unique twist by featuring a nighttime ride on ...

When Louis Armstrong sang the inimitable lyric "I hear babies cry, I watch them grow," he was referencing the kids in his neighborhood of Corona and East Elmhurst, according to Regina Bain, executive ...

In "Jazz" — Ken Burns' 11-chapter history of the art form — exceptional jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis calls fellow native New Orleanian and horn player Louis Armstrong "an unrivaled genius." ...

Verve Records finally decided to compile Louis Armstrong’s great holiday recordings on one album, and it was worth the wait. White Christmas is a beautiful recording with Gordon Jenkins and His ...

Like any other industry, there are titans in music. These once-in-a-lifetime artists help shift the musical landscape across the globe. The revered trumpet player and singer Louis Armstrong defined ...

A New Orleans newspaper reporter paid a rare visit to the so-called Colored Waifs Home in New Orleans a century ago this month, providing an outsider's take on what had become of the music program at ...

Reporting from New York — In 1947, jazz great Louis Armstrong got himself a new gadget -- a tape recorder, fresh out on the consumer market. It was a big, boxy machine that he set up in concert halls ...

How many Broadway shows has Louis Armstrong been in? Louis Armstrong has appeared on Broadway in 2 shows. How many West End shows has Louis Armstrong been in? Louis Armstrong has not appeared in the ...

“Tell my story like it wuz, boys”, Louis Armstrong said in 1970, when he suggested that Max Jones and my late father, John Chilton, write his “full-scale” biography. The famous trumpeter had been so ...

One of Louis Armstrong’s trumpets, custom-made for the jazz legend in 1948 and given to a family friend five years later, will hit the auction block as part of Christie’s the Exceptional Sale. The ...